Social media users have speculated the family may have been visiting friends the Grosvenors at nearby Eaton Hall.

But the Grosvenor Estate doesn’t comment on private visitors.

And since a Kensington Palace spokesperson told the Chronicle protocol is to offer “no comment” unless the royals are on official duties, we may never know where the royal family were headed when they missed that 2.33pm ride.

Luckily if you’re a Windsor, other arrangements can be made. (Although the question remains: Isn’t it kind of surprising to have royalty on a train at all?)

The Chronicle reports that the family was able to board an empty carriage on a train to Crewe, just 10 minutes later.

All’s well that ends well.

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